Atmiya Utsav ( Kirtan Aardhna) - 2016, Simdi

The devotees of Sarvatit Pradesh had, on Monday, the 23rd May 2016, celebrated the birthday of Brahma Swaroop Swami Shri Yogiji Maharaj and Pragat Guruhari P.P. Hariprasadswamiji’s 83rd birthday by arranging with great enthusiasm, a program of Kirtan Aaradhana, the presentation of devotional songs in the Seemali village in which, around 1000 devotees from Seemali and its surrounding 25 villages remained present to enjoy the same.

After having taken the dinner/Prasad between 6:00 pm to 8.00 pm in the evening, all the devotees had totally forgotten about the time and place and had lost themselves in mesmerism of the devotional songs. The sequence of presentation of dhoon, bhajan, doha, chhand and the other devotional songs which started by the devotees from the Sangeet Mandal after garlanding the portraits of Shri Thakorji and Guruhari P.P. SwamiShri, stopped only at 11.00 pm and then only all the devotees came out of their emotional abstract contemplation. The youths of Sangeet Mandal had moved every listener to their tune of each of their songs presented one by one, which included a few prepared by the saints from Nand Group at the time of Lord Shri Swaminarayan for His Murtee, festivals and the prayers to Him along with those, welcoming the birthday of Guruhari P.P. Swamishri and honouring His mercy, favour and atmiyata. At the end of the kirtan aaradhana, when they presented a forceful series of dohas and the chhands, not only all the devotees supported them with their clappings but, the youths could not control themselves from freely dancing also.

Thus, this kirtan aradhana which lasted for 3 hours, by listening to the words of all the songs, every devotees had totally forgotten his own awareness and had got himself lost totally in the divine memories of Guruhari P.P. Swamishri.

To enjoy this Kirtan Aaradhana, the Sirpanch and the members of Panchayat of Seemali village had also come. Under the guidance of the elderly devotees P.B. Bipinkaka and P.B. Sunilbhai, the youth volunteers from Seemali and its surrounding villages had been helpful and instrumental in the services of arranging for dinner-prasad for nearly 1000 devotees along with their proper arrangements during the kirtan aaradhana.